No geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large-scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful
In a recent Perspective (1), Zoback and Gorelick argued that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is likely not a viable strategy for reducing CO[subscript 2] emissions to the atmosphere. They argued that maps of earthquake epicenters portray earthquakes occurring almost everywhere, suggesting that Eart...
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| author | Juanes, Ruben Herzog, Howard J. Hager, Bradford H |
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| description | In a recent Perspective (1), Zoback and Gorelick argued that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is likely not a viable strategy for reducing CO[subscript 2] emissions to the atmosphere. They argued that maps of earthquake epicenters portray earthquakes occurring almost everywhere, suggesting that Earth’s crust is near a critical state, so that increments in fluid pressure from injecting CO[subscript 2] at 1 to 3 km depth will likely trigger earthquakes within the reservoir and caprock that would be expected to result in leakage of CO[subscript 2] from the reservoirs to the surface. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/807112024-03-23T02:15:53Z No geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large-scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful Juanes, Ruben Herzog, Howard J. Hager, Bradford H Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences MIT Energy Initiative Juanes, Ruben Hager, Bradford H. Herzog, Howard J. In a recent Perspective (1), Zoback and Gorelick argued that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is likely not a viable strategy for reducing CO[subscript 2] emissions to the atmosphere. They argued that maps of earthquake epicenters portray earthquakes occurring almost everywhere, suggesting that Earth’s crust is near a critical state, so that increments in fluid pressure from injecting CO[subscript 2] at 1 to 3 km depth will likely trigger earthquakes within the reservoir and caprock that would be expected to result in leakage of CO[subscript 2] from the reservoirs to the surface. 2013-09-13T13:59:56Z 2013-09-13T13:59:56Z 2012-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0027-8424 1091-6490 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80711 Juanes, R., B. H. Hager, and H. J. Herzog. “No geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large-scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, no. 52 (December 26, 2012): E3623-E3623. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-2332 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9078-8484 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1215026109 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) PNAS |
| spellingShingle | Juanes, Ruben Herzog, Howard J. Hager, Bradford H No geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large-scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful |
| title | No geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large-scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful |
| title_full | No geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large-scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful |
| title_fullStr | No geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large-scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful |
| title_full_unstemmed | No geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large-scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful |
| title_short | No geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large-scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful |
| title_sort | no geologic evidence that seismicity causes fault leakage that would render large scale carbon capture and storage unsuccessful |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80711 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-2332 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9078-8484 |
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